| 单词 | gleam |
| 释义 | verb | noun gleamgleam1 /glim/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] 1to shine softly, especially because of being clean or polished: The dining table gleamed in the candlelight.gleam with The engine gleamed with oil.► see thesaurus at shine12if your eyes or face gleam, they show that something pleases you: gleam with Her eyes gleamed with amusement.—gleaming adjective verb | noun gleamgleam2 noun 1[countable usually singular] an emotion or expression that appears for a moment on someone’s face: gleam of a gleam of happiness on his face There was a mischievous gleam in her eye.2[countable usually singular] the shiny quality that something has when light shines on it SYN glint: gleam of a gleam of gold from his watch3[countable usually singular] a small pale light, especially one that shines for a short time SYN glimmer: gleam of the gleam of a flashlight4something is (just) a gleam in somebody’s eye spoken used to say that at a particular time something is being planned or thought about, but does not yet exist: Back then, CD-ROMs were just a gleam in the eye of some young engineer.5somebody was (just) a gleam in somebody’s father’s/daddy’s eye spoken used to say that at a particular time in the past someone was not yet born |
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